Guy used same stupid opening 3 times, and got me every time.

Here I am black

Here I am white

Any general principles I need to be aware of to prevent this crap?  THREE IN A ROW...  UGH.

just accept the fact that chess isnt for you

In games 1 and 3, it's perfectly fine if you castle. If black exchanges a knight and a bishop for a rook and a pan, you'd have the advantage, despite being an even exchange pointwise.

In the second game, develop your f8 bishop before the g8 knight. That way, White's knight can't come to g5. Or you can move h6 at some point.

Last game 4...Nxe4.

Look up the Two Knights Defense. In a lot of cases, it's all theory and safe to play.

So, you mean 3. ..be7 ?

Not necessarily. It could be 3. ... Bc5

JackOfAllHobbies wrote:

VULPES_VULPES wrote:

In the second game, develop your f8 bishop before the g8 knight. That way, White's knight can't come to g5. Or you can move h6 at some point.

So, you mean 3. ..be7 ?

Why would black do that?  I would just recapture with Nxe4

VULPES_VULPES wrote:  Not necessarily. It could be 4. ... Bc5

Uhh, are we talking about the same game?   I don't see how ..Bc5 would prevent white Knight from going to g5.     Only ..Be7 does.

The Queen covers g5. Also, in the second game, d5 is a perfectly good move.

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Lol, yes.

For the 3...Bc5, you haven't played Nf6 so if he played Ng5 right away you could just take the knight on g5 with your queen. And after he plays say 4. 0-0, then you could go 4...Nf6 and if then 5. Ng5, you could just castle by that point like game 1 or 3.

Hope this helps you find some more move options next time!

I think you're paying too much attention to openings and not enough attention to tactics. Tactics are what you really want to work on because they are present regardless of the opening.  

In two of the games Black hung the e-pawn. After 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 White is attacking the e5 pawn and Black needs to defend it. Black never did that in your games.

In the game with Black, 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 is a pawn sacrifice so you may prefer 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5.  

Again I think it's extremely important that you forget about opening theory and just play chess.

Don't let the jokesters disparage you. I think people gave you enough advice here that you should be able to handle this better next time. My two cents: game 1, I like 3.d4; game 3, I like 3.Nxe5.

Why do you say the opening was studip?

The problem is that they are usually either opening specific or occur because of a coincidental positioning of the pieces that would rarely occur in the middlegame. 

This is why I think that people at club level hate various exchange variations, anti-sicilians and declined gambits. They tend to avoid a lot of the tricks and traps in the opening and the players end up having to find tactical chances in another way that they simply won't learn from opening manuals.

In games 1 & 3, had I just taken the damn unprotected pawn, I would have simultaneously prevented the opponent Knight from advancing.  I clearly had a mental block about overextending my Knight so early in the game (only to be driven back)  No idea why I was ignoring free material.